- I guess Alberta separating is one way to get rid of Harper and the Con's

Posted to: Climate change report 'irresponsible,' Prentice says, Bill Curry and Dawn Walton, Oct. 31, 2009
http://www.theglobeandmail.com/news/politics/climate-change-report-irresponsible-prentice-says/article1344485/ Tab 61
and
Canada can meet its climate goals, but the West will write the cheques, Shawn McCarthy, Oct. 30, 2009
http://www.theglobeandmail.com/news/politics/canada-can-meet-climate-goals-but-the-west-will-pay/article1342887/ Tab 45


This report - Climate Leadership, Economic Prosperity: Final report on an economic study of greenhouse gas targets and policies for Canada, Pembina Institute and David Suzuki Foundation:

"Ottawa will have to lead a massive restructuring of the Canadian economy, with wealth flowing from the West to the rest of the country, if it is to meet its climate-change targets"
http://www.theglobeandmail.com/news/politics/canada-can-meet-climate-goals-but-the-west-will-pay/article1342887/

is based on implementing the Harper and the Con plan of reduction of greenhouse gases!

As far the Harper plan requiring a reduction in production of oil and gas, this is quite easy for anyone to predict. They are attempting to reach a certain goal which is set in absolute terms (20% reduction from 2006 by 2020). However, their plan is to reduce the amount of CO2 production in relative terms i.e. per barrel. Basically this report is saying that to reach the absolute goal as professed by Harper and the Con's themselves it will be required to also reduce the number of barrels produced. This is not rocket science.

Rather than approaching this report and this problem in an objection, rational fashion, Harper and the Con's are approaching Canadians, and especially Westerners on a purely emotional, irrational, basis, accusing the authors of bias, self serving and generally unethical behaviour. This is not surprising since Harper, Baird, and the Con's all think, and operate, only in these terms. How about Harper presenting a comprehensive, well thought out and factually supported plan for Canada playing its role in saving this planet for our children and our children's children. After all, that is what his job is supposed to be - not simply power grabbing and mongering and Canada, and the rest of the world, be damned.

The real problems is that Harper and the Con's have no real plan, nor do they intend to have any real plan. This '20-20 plan' of their coupled with CO2 sequestration (which, again, can be easily seen to be quite untenable for the tar sands) was thrown out there as a diversionary tactic when their backs were up against the environmental wall a couple of years ago. Harper simply has no intention of taking real and meaningful action on Green House gases, but to only stall and drag their feet, and the reason is simple. One need only look at the response from the West to this report. Some Con MP's are running around threatening separation by the West from Confederation based on this report. The Con buzz word out of Alberta is "divisive" an euphemism for 'separation'. Harper and the Con's power is centered in Alberta.

Again, this is not rocket science.

Lloyd MacIlquham cicblog.com/comments.html